Jo Rhett wrote:
Do you know why the SMTP authenticating server was forging the HELO name? Normal mail clients will give their IP address, right? And the "may be forged" only appears if they gave a full name and resolution succeeded *and* none of the addresses returned matched the helo name.
Actually, there are a number of SMTP clients that will use the local system's hostname (either partial or FQDN) as the HELO string. Outlook Express, Opera, and KMail are examples.
Eudora has an annoying habit of using the local hostname plus the domain name of the email address, which often results in a nonexistent FQDN.
-- Kelson Vibber SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>
